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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1850
Page
2
A Northern press view discusses the Synod of Pittsburg and its moderation on public affairs. It notes the influence of the Presbyterian church, urges prayer for rulers, and cites the La Fayette visit and Mount Vernon connections as context for peaceful guidance in the nation.
A visit by Mr. Curtis of Arlington and M Edmond La Fayette to Washington's Tomb on October 6 recalls the founder's public and private life. Curtis recounts early ties with La Fayette and presents a ring containing a lock of Washington's hair, a gesture tied to the Marquis De La Fayette's 1784 meeting. The piece also alludes to Mary Cowden Clarke's Shakespearean portraits of women as moral and social exemplars.
An article from the Boston Daily Advertiser, attributed to Mr. Brown, outlines reforms under the present sultan and his predecessor, noting a standing army of about 120,000 Muslims in six corps, a new frontier corps near the Danube, and Christian exemption from service by fee. It describes a robust navy of 80 to 90 ships with American-built vessels, steamers connecting Constantinople to the Black Sea and regions of Asia Minor to Salonica, and a rising commerce with Mesopotamia. Steam power fosters knowledge and travel, while the empire’s revenue is reported at $15 million with no public debt and a reluctance to borrow despite bankers’ pressures.
A Richmond based local committee appointed by the Governor urges Virginians to send exhibits for the 1831 World’s Fair in London. Citizens are asked to list items, space usage, and descriptions, with boxes prepared for inspection. Articles must arrive in Richmond by December 1, and no transport costs to Richmond will be provided, though onward shipping costs are covered.
The narrative portrays William Pitt as tall and pale with a cold, fluent intellect, contrasting him with George II and Lord Liverpool. It notes Pitt’s debt, irregular habits, and power hunger, while recounting a June 1822 visit to Lord Liverpool’s country home and the poverty of Chatham’s son. It references Chateaubriand’s memoirs.
A Cowper quote extols spiritual friendship grounded in Christian principles and self sacrifice beyond worldly ties. The excerpt also cites a colored man who, after drinking, writes Frederick Douglass claiming the United States resembles Heaven while joking that the devil should rent our hell and move here.
Report from Modena describes a buried ancient city with paved streets and houses found at fourteen feet. Beneath, oozy vegetable earth, then preserved walnut trees at twenty-six feet, with leaves and nuts intact and a chalk bed rich in shells at twenty-eight feet. A recurring chalk layer yields a water-filled well when bored, as water erupts with force, unaltered by weather.
The Register warns Congress must act with patriotism as disunion talk grows in the South and non intercourse rises among states. It foresees civil war risks, urging lawmakers to慎 guide policy, heed Revolutionary legacy, and uphold human freedom to avert national ruin.
Delegates from Berkeley Hampshire and Frederick Morgan counties met at Bloomery Furnace on the 25th alt to discuss a Martinsburg to Northwestern Turnpike route. The committee endorsed a path through Boyd's Gap and Bloomery Gap terminating near French's Tavern. Graziers would gain 10 to 15 miles to Shepherdstown Bridge. Using five miles of Hampshire and Morgan Turnpike could cut road construction to forty miles at an estimated total cost of 25,000. Soliciting committees were appointed and the convention adjourned.
In stark terms the piece warns that disunion advances and argues that the South will act if the Compromise is violated. It condemns abolitionist and higher law demagogues and urges the North to choose justice and good faith to save the Union.
At a regular meeting of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Thos Swann was unanimously reelected president. The Patriot reports monthly revenue totaling 194,867 13 for passengers and freight on the Main Stem and 18,397 10 on the Washington Branch, with a year over year increase of 4,905 92 on the Main Stem and 3,787 19 on the branch.
Reports from the Georgia Convention praise the talent assembled to lift Georgia from the late Legislature’s ridicule. The Nashville Convention shows delegates from Georgia Mississippi Florida South Carolina and Virginia with Georgia leading in the anti Compromise and secession mood. The Alabama and Florida delegates push for a Southern Convention to pursue redress as the body meets in session.
A late autumn cattle movement in the Southwest shows heavy passage through Neffstown and Gainerborough toward Leck's fond and Pennsylvania. Estimates place stock passing Frederick County in the recent three months between 4d and 500,000 dollars in value, with routes from Virginia and Maryland counties forming a large cosmos of drovers and buyers.
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